Chapter 1430

I admit you do have some skill, you're knowledgeable, and your strength is considerable, but these are nothing before a universe-level civilization.

You haven't seen the true face of this universe, nor do you have any concept of how strong the enemies you're about to face are, so you hold such blind and mistaken ideas.

As your book says, weakness has never been an obstacle to survival; arrogance is!

Frilka really does seem worried about Earth, perhaps because she very much wants to complete her own duty, so she wants to persuade Luo Quan to change her mind and accept the aid of the Aya civilization.

Luo Quan also expressed her helplessness about this.

How should she put it? Say that right at the foot of the mountain, there's a ruler of a universe hegemony-level civilization watching TV dramas?

If she really said that, Frilka would only think she's gone mad.

Or perhaps reveal her identity as the Dawn Holy Mother?

Luo Quan feels it hasn't come to that point yet.

The level of this Staubok civilization is merely high, and what came is only a fleet; they'll probably have to wait a long time.

Compared to that, Luo Quan feels the danger of the Aya fleet mentioned by Frilka is somewhat greater.

After all, they actually don't care about the life or death of Earthlings; they simply don't want to see Earth become a planet warship for the Staubok people.

If they find they truly cannot stop the Staubok invasion, the Aya people will very likely destroy Earth directly.

In short, harboring harmful intentions is unacceptable, but guarding against others is necessary.

Luo Quan thanks the Aya people for coming all this way to help, but she'll handle the Staubok people herself.

"No more nonsense with you; as long as you behave yourself and don't interfere with Earth's development again, you can surf the net here freely without anyone coming to bother you.

But if you still secretly accelerate the technological progress of the United States or other countries as before, you know what the consequences will be."

After Luo Quan warned Frilka, she turned and spread her wings to depart.

When Frilka saw the three pairs of snow-white great wings behind Luo Quan, her eyes suddenly widened, as if she had discovered some splendor.

After returning to her room, Luo Quan first inquired with the system about the progress of the Mars base, and asked how quickly her current heat value could accelerate the base's production progress.

"The host currently possesses 130 million heat value, which can keep the Mars base's engineering vehicles at double speed for two million years!

But if the workload increases, the granted years will decrease accordingly."

"130 million?" Luo Quan unconsciously furrowed her brows, "I remember I used to save several billion, more than I could ever use, how did it come to this so quickly?"

"The bulk of the heat value has been spent by the host on attribute enhancement; otherwise, how could the host now possess the strength of the Divine Refinement Realm? Know that you've cultivated for less than four years in total, which is unprecedented speed even in the cosmos."

The system's reply made Luo Quan's arrogant and confrontational attitude instantly collapse: "So if I start saving heat value now, how long until I can accumulate one billion?"

"Depending on the situation, if the host announces going into the sea today, she could accumulate enough one billion heat value by tomorrow, even more."

Luo Quan: "……"

Perhaps noticing Luo Quan's silence, the fearful system hastily added: "Of course, this method is definitely not recommended by the system, and the host absolutely does not need to use it."

"Hmm, and then?" Luo Quan expressionlessly nodded.

"The simplest and fastest method the system has mentioned many times is to get on the hot search, get on the news headlines; the host now stands at the top of every industry, so achieving this is not difficult.

If the host announces entering some trending new industries, she will definitely gain even more heat value and trigger more tasks."

"If you'd said that earlier, it would've been fine; all day long you just like to be slippery, I want to get angry."

Luo Quan rolled her eyes at the air, then took out her phone and called Nicola, wanting to ask him about the company's recent R&D progress.

However, perhaps because he was busy working, Luo Quan's call went through but wasn't connected.

After about two hours, Nicola called back.

"Hello, Luo General Manager?"

Nicola's voice sounded somewhat fatigued, and it's unknown whether he had just pulled an all-nighter.

Currently, Nicola is the chairman and chief engineer of technological R&D for the entire company.

Luo Quan is the vice chairman and general manager of the company.

Nicola only handles R&D; operations are managed by personnel arranged by Luo Quan.

"Nicola, you sound very overworked; did you drink the oral liquid I sent you?"

Luo Quan asked with a smile.

She had long known Nicola is a workaholic, getting only five or six hours of rest each day, with the rest spent on scientific research.

To prevent this workaholic's body from breaking down, Luo Quan specially sent him several boxes of medicine to enhance physical quality.

Logically, after taking those medicines, he shouldn't be this fatigued.

"Of course I drank them; don't hide it from you, Miss Luo, the oral liquid you sent is really too effective; after drinking it, I only need to sleep one or two hours a day to replenish my energy, which has greatly improved my work efficiency!"

Nicola's reply left Luo Quan stunned: "What were you thinking, Nicola? I gave you this medicine not to see you ruin your body from work, but to let you use it as a stimulant.

If you keep doing this, you'll eventually drop dead in the lab one day!"

"Don't worry, Miss Luo Quan." Nicola hehe laughed, "The current R&D has already ended; I will get a full three months of vacation, enough for me to recover my health."

"I think this vacation should last six months instead, and after six months, your working hours must not exceed twelve hours, with continuous sufficient rest!"

Luo Quan commanded sternly.

"Understood, I'll try my best; I'll send you the new R&D results later; this year there will be four car models to launch, you figure out how to sell them worldwide."

Nicola said while yawning, then hung up the phone.

It's unknown whether he continued working or went to sleep.

Luo Quan stared at her phone, for a moment not knowing what to say.

After thinking, she decided that next time she sends the medicine, she'll put some sleeping pills in it, so he sleeps a full eight hours each day before talking.

Otherwise, the electric vehicle industry will soon lose a brilliant talent.

After receiving the documents Nicola sent, Luo Quan also glanced at the recent news.

"Hmm…… recent new energy vehicles seem to be making quite a stir……"

Gazing at this page after page of news, Luo Quan fell into thought…………

In the evening, after feeding her daughter, Luo Quan opened the livestream.

She had already finished the swimsuit photoshoot today, shooting in the twilight of Hawaii, which had a certain hazy beauty.

Perhaps because the fans couldn't appreciate her good figure, their evaluation of today's photoshoot was not as good as before.

"Then tomorrow I'll go shoot in the morning, doing a beach volleyball theme."

Luo Quan resolved the fans' resentment with just one sentence, and incidentally raised everyone's anticipation to the max.

Of course, tonight's theme is definitely not swimwear, but rather a preview of the new car launch.

"Do you all remember that I have the world's second-largest new energy vehicle factory under me?" Luo Quan suddenly threw this at the barrage.

"How come, did your factory go bankrupt?"

"How could it go bankrupt? Nikola's sales have been steadily rising these years, and it's already the old 1.5 of new energy vehicles?"

"Old 2 is old 2, what does old 1.5 mean?"

"It means Nikola's reputation is better than the old big one, just not as famous yet."

"I think Nikola's fame is not small either, just a bit younger, so its brand strength isn't as strong as the former's."

"So why did Luo Bao suddenly bring this up?"

"Won't there be a new car launch?"

"That would be great, I've gotten tired of Nikola's previous models, so I'll just take the new one—if it looks cool, I'm in!"

"Pure newbie, how is Luo Bao's car brand?"

"Put it this way: among all new energy vehicles worldwide, this brand has the strongest technical strength—if you want cost-performance, it has it; if you want service, it has it; some models are priced a bit high, but I can't find any flaws."

"Oh, I thought you were just hopping on the recent hype in the new energy vehicle market."

"What are you talking about? When Luo Bao was Nikola's general manager, domestic new energy vehicles were still a no-man's land."

"What's there to talk about with this kind of rhythm-bringing water army? Just listen to Luo Bao's new tricks this time."

……………

The new energy vehicle market is big and competitive, with all major manufacturers hiring water armies to smear each other.

As Nikola's general manager, Luo Quan is usually under surveillance.

Normally, if she doesn't mention this car, it's fine, but as soon as she does, the water army will start stirring things up.

Luo Quan has long been used to such business tactics, and she currently has no time to investigate these water armies' real identities, only telling fans: "Probably in about four days, I'll hold a launch event.

At that time, Nikola will launch four different vehicle models, which should be Nikola's first technological revolution in two years, with many surprising aspects.

As for the car prices, I'll only say the lowest price for each model: respectively 190,000, 290,000, 590,000, and 990,000.

This can also be understood as economical practical type, standard type, mid-range type, and luxury type.

As for the names and specific sales, I won't spoil them here—just know that the looks and performance I dare say are top-notch worldwide; just wait patiently."

After Luo Quan finished speaking, the barrage immediately became agitated:

"Luo Bao, I suspect you're targeting Lei Zong on purpose."

"They just finished launching their new car priced at 220,000, and you're coming out with a 190,000 one—are you sniping them?"

"Oh no, Da Mi Auto is in trouble now."

"Could it be that they never intended to target Da Mi, and this is just collateral damage?"

"The truth is out—don't take yourself too seriously."

………………

This time, the barrage comments didn't leave Luo Quan confused.

Because she had stayed up late last night studying recent new energy vehicle news, so she somewhat understood the grudges between brands.

The night before last, Da Mi Auto launched their three-year R&D masterpiece "S77", with an initial lowest price of 220,000, and it's said that pre-orders have already exceeded 100,000 units, breaking a Guinness World Record.

Then yesterday, including BYD, Geely, Tesla, and NIO, many new energy vehicles announced price cuts, and the cuts generally applied to electric cars in the 100,000 to 200,000 range.

Clearly, this is several major manufacturers teaming up to encircle and suppress Da Mi, trying to strangle it in the cradle.

Of course, some netizens say this price-cut plan was actually decided long ago, unrelated to Da Mi Auto, so please don't imagine enemies.

Although subjectively these manufacturers may not have intended it, objectively the large-scale price cuts of electric cars have indeed affected Da Mi Auto's sales.

Now Nikola, one of the leaders in electric vehicles, has also announced a new vehicle launch, and not just one—four models at once—so it's hard not to suspect that the electric vehicle industry is indeed targeting Da Mi.

Faced with this predicament of being chased from front and blocked from behind, Da Mi's fans passionately declared: "If you want war, I'll give you war—let's see who laughs last!"

It's worth mentioning that Da Mi actually started by making phones.

Later, Da Mi basically became one of the leaders in domestic phones, with a very stable position.

Perhaps feeling that making phones had reached a dead end, Lei Zong announced three years ago that he would enter the electric vehicle industry.

It's said he invested heavily in R&D, even poaching the R&D big shot from the neighboring factory.

It sounds very much like the early days of Da Mi Phone's rise, and now it's happening again with Da Mi Auto, with netizens exclaiming it feels like a familiar tale, the swallow's return.

In short, three years later, Da Mi Auto produced a car that looks not bad.

Then they began a full-quarter-long marketing campaign.

From the start of the year, news about Da Mi Auto on various platforms has never ceased.

As the launch event approaches—just a few days away—it's been one hot search after another every day.

Whether this marketing approach is good or not is beside the point, but many netizens clearly dislike it.

They feel Da Mi Auto doing this is simply causing chaos, like forming fan circles in the auto industry.

As for Luo Quan, she has no opinion on this.

People spend big money buying hot searches on Bilibili, and it's not illegal, so she naturally has no reason to refuse or mock them.

As for Da Mi's poaching, although it's indeed somewhat unethical business-wise, since they didn't poach her, she has no need to get angry.

Finally, she launched the new car simply because Nikola had just finished development and entrusted it to her.

It really wasn't intentional to go snipe at the rice car.

So after seeing these rhythm-driven comments, Miss Luo Quan said solemnly: "Actually, when Nikola gave me the new car data, I had no preparation at all. I only learned after setting up the launch event how hot the domestic electric vehicle scene has been lately.

So I want to emphasize one point: I have no target against anyone. How other electric cars compete has nothing to do with Nikola. We only focus on providing users with better products, that's all."